Bazel: Error: LinkageError occurred while loading main class com.google.devtools.build.lib.bazel.Bazel java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: null

[PanJinquan]

Hi, I follow the tutorial，
$ chmod +x bazel-0.18.0-installer-linux-x86_64.sh $ ./bazel-0.18.0-installer-linux-x86_64.sh
but it gives me a new error like following,
[Commit](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/commit/d13df47) Uncompressing......Error: LinkageError occurred while loading main class com.google.devtools.build.lib.bazel.Bazel java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: null

I wonder what is wrong and what should I do? Thanks for help.

[philwo]

Sorry for not looking into this earlier. I guess this has been resolved in newer Bazel versions?

If not, can you share some more information about your environment - which kind and version of Linux are you running?

[DarkaMaul]

Hi,

The problem is still present, even if the version of bazel is more recent.
As #2550 mention, the problem is occurring when a non-ascii character is present in path.

Step to reproduce:

 % ./bazel-0.27.0-linux-x86_64 --help                                                                                                                                                                      
Error: LinkageError occurred while loading main class com.google.devtools.build.lib.bazel.Bazel
    java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: null

Configuration:

% pwd
/home/builder/Téléchargements
% uname -a
Linux computer 4.9.0-9-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.168-1+deb9u2 (2019-05-13) x86_64 GNU/Linux

Workaround: Move the executable to another directory (path) with only ascii charachters inside name

[katre]

Duplicate of #2550.